Mick Doohan Wins Rd 2 1997 World 500cc GP at Suzuka - TOP Finish 

Mic said when they went unleaded it was not as good

Me and the bros used to watch every night 🥰 they both into bikes, both older.. i fell in love with rally personally.. had a Datsun 180B here in Australia lol.. Aussies and gravel..

@@warrenwills8524 remember he was the only one who could really handle the BIG BANG as Honda called it

Mmmm lead

ThE rest had a very low level between 94-98 (KS exception)

@@pabloperez4063 no i don't think it was a lack of competition. It was more difficult to ride and riders needed more techniques than today MotoGP. Doohan was a league on it's own with those beasts

However i the best rider's were Doohan, Rainy and Schwantz. Rossi was goat from modern Era and now Marquez took it

@@pabloperez4063 Without his heavy injury, almost lost his leg, Doohan would have easily beaten Rainey and Schwantz years before too. He was by far the best riding this 500cc-beasts without any electronics. A true Predator!

There's only him & Wayne Rainey that had this happen. Its very unfortunate.

I didn't know that he got paralysed in a serious accident, these bikes are animals on steroids and he has balls just to be able to ride the bike, very sad when riders are seriously injured

Never good to see any rider or athletes injured,these people Risk their lives on these animals of bikes, I have very much respect and admiration for All the riders for Simply riding the bike and racing it competitively

Very different. Also over the years noticed alot of the texan blokes have a very straight backed, way forward, high up kind of style when they aren't on the straights. Schwantz, Hayden (RIP), Edwards...all bloody quick though.

Doohan is actually similar to them. But he has his arse next to the gearbox rather than where our airboxes are.

According to what I heard at the time, he suffered from constipation a lot and was quite afraid of shitting himself on the corner exits.

None of the others WANTED to do it.

@@YouCantSawSawdust you think that's what it is?

@@user-zx1ir7jt4c He spent time in 250GP before moving into 500GP.

@@YouCantSawSawdust I'm sure that helped experience wise...

Ant Gobert was a champion motocross rider who raced 500cc GP

I have one comment - it happened in 1997 and you are an arsehole!!!!

I would prefer the result wasn't in the title.

Wow getting butthurt over a 20 something year old video lmao, grow up.

6 of one, half a dozen of another.... Not a problem if you're researching Mick Doohan victories.

@@smartymx97 got your last name wrong...it's just stupid

Stainless Steel - doubt that... more than likely it is aluminium.

@@djcopie single sided...

@@seanyuke3249 Lol thanks

All good. Great days of racing I think we all miss.

How easy it is to speak without knowing and just repeat the popular saying, I invite you to watch that race at Eastern Creek the entire last lap... when Doohan only looks at his rival braking, he takes Crivillé out of the curve and kicks him ( just like Rossi did with Marques years later) watch in slow motion from minute 50:50 to 50:57 (0.25 speed) I'm glad he knocked him down for foul... because if you're so fast and superior you don't need to do that. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-IC8JYs2Wo1M.html

Criville n'est qu'un suiveur !

@ErJonaS not superior ? Five world titles against Criville's one in 1999 when Doohan retired from injury shows his superiority . And I know what happened thanks , I was there

They did in 2002. 4 stroke vs 2 Smoke for the first year of MotoGp. The 2 strokes had a pretty big disadvantage. The thought has pretty much been that 2 strokes can compete with 4 strokes with twice the cc. But on dirt and pavement, 450cc 4 strokes beat 250cc 2 strokes, and 990cc 4s beat 500cc 2s. Forget the name of the manufacturer, but they built a modern 550cc 2 stroke recently. But, I think you would need 650 to 750cc for a 2 stroke to be able to compete. I would LOVE it, but it won't happen. They want to develop tech that translates and sells for the street.

@@niko7903 everything well said

@@niko7903 ThE BEST seasons ever must have been 73-74-75...when Yamaha 2-S fought MV AUGUSTA 4S

I think that was Casey stoner at Phillip island, He did a 230kmh Power slide for about 15 metres, He says he does that so He feels like He won't loose the front end Of The bike,looks crazy As hell and very entertaining to watch

@@Graham-mu1ul nope there was definitely a Doohan moment.. prob 95 or 96.. into a chicane near the end of a race.. fully opens it and goes completely sideways craziest shit i ever saw him do

@@Graham-mu1ul Mick : definitely added a few grey hairs🥰🤣😂😂 I remember it was when he was SO dominant.. he was way in front, prob still won by 5 or 10 seconds hard to remember I was just a wee lad lol

Doohan was crazy fast and did some really crazy shit like you say dude, always On the edge and pushing hard for the win,these were the days when I would stay awake just to see Doohan racing, I did definitely like The other riders such as Rainey,shwantz, Gardner and Spencer,mamola tried really hard and got cagiva some glory from his brilliant riding, can't forget the old guy's like Sheene, Roberts, and Mackenzie,they paved the way for the future Superstars Of MotoGP racing

I was never a Crivillé fan but I was the only one capable of following Doohan, and the one who made excuses was the champion, seeing how a rookie learned quickly and disputed the races, as he did before with Rainey and Schwantz, although television always sells a perfect image of the winner and as in F1 all the big teams have a preferred driver (usually the champion) and secondary.

@@JoGoLo What matters in the end has always been consistency which is what made Doohan such a great rider. Yet still the most exciting rider was Schwantz. Rainey was a techno not very smooth during transitions where it really mattered and which claimed him...

@@Sheikhassan235 I agree... I love Kevin was the most spectacular. I don't know what "Toady" means but I guess it's not a good thing. I admit that Doohan was the best, but you can't deny that Crivillé was too. The bike had been built since 1990 for Mike and he was more experienced. Regarding Wayne, he was also the fastest at the time and if it hadn't been for his accident, I don't think Doohan would have had it so easy since they used the same driving style, putting himself first and pushing. And following him is a smart way to win a race. The one in front is revealing his strong areas and his weak points and requires more concentration so he wears more. In the end, he won in 1999 and retired, as happened to Kevin in 1993. When you lose the rival that motivates you and young people come after you with more desire... you simply give way.

@@JoGoLo like any sport athletes come into a peake period where all facilities, if they are present from the start, come together. The definitive thing giving the edge is probably how long these remain available which it seems the determinant. Being on a bike at the speeds these riders reached required extremes and as in any extreme condition time becomes the determinant. In many ways much depends on just how long a rider is able managing being on that extreme edge of knowing, sensing where that edge is and not losing the concentration needed remaining there. Rainey was fast but I noticed often that he had to recovered his bike a lot both entering and exiting corners. In those fleeting fractional seconds were the clues that he was over the edge suggesting nothing good would come of it. At the speeds these guys rode I often compared winners to ballet dancers or tight rope walkers where mistaking weight shift by fraction of pounds determined if or not the rider would continue... balance being everything and the ability to feel and sense this meaning all. Alex was fast, he learned much from Doohan but mentally he often fell into a fog which left him out. I think anyone climbing onto a five hundred class bike is to be commended but there will be winners... those typically able holding all facilities together for the duration...

@@Sheikhassan235 Correct! In any case, the motorcycles of the late 80s and early 90s were not the same as half a decade ago. They had become more controllable and there were no longer just a few who could carry them so fast, as an example of the accidents that Doohan himself had at that time. And unfortunately with the 4 strokes everything became easier, losing the show.

They were very good moped with a rocket engine. The tires were not bad. But they suffered very much because the explosive engine with no electronic.

Very unforgiving and generally these bikes were looking for an excuse to do bodily harm. Need a full set of minerals to tame these monsters 👍

That's sad buddy as the racing is just as amazing. Try it especially the smaller classes.

Then you were never a real fan.

Then you are missing something great : now, there is only one second on the grid between ThE First 12 sometimes... In 97, you can only see one great Rider (Doohan), and a couple more could be saved. However, today IS ThE other way round: except 3 or 4, they are all totally determined riders with loaads of talent, willing to win at any price. Besides, todays bikes fly And lean like hell, And ThE passsings haappen all ThE time. They ALL go at their personal top powers, risking Up to the very límite, which IS always something you can feel And enjoy. I have followed ThE sport for ThE last 40 years, there have been better and worse moments, but 2020 IS ten times better than 1997, at least for me. It was depressing to see people with zero talent (Okada, Puig,...) winning races cos they had a NSR...

@@niko7903 Shut the fuck up prick..

Aussies*

???..WTF!

+Diego Ruiz hmm who cares?

stief vater A lot of people say that Crivillé did not deserve the 1999 World title... even after being 2nd in 1996 and 3rd after a start straight crash he had nothing to do about in 1998 In 1999 Crivillé fought against Roberts Jr, fought against Okada, fought against Biaggi and he crushed them all completely. If Crivillé is not a true World Champion because he did not beat Doohan, then Roberts Jr and even Rossi should not be either

Well I think he deserved it despite Doohan beeing forced to retire

stief vater Thanks, it's nice that some people can see how Crivillé was quick and fought against some tough competitors in 1999 to get the World title

+Diego Ruiz Crivillé forced Doohan to retire.